Iris and new François Ozon film to compete at Berlinale

BY Advocate.com Editors

January 26 2002 1:00 AM ET

The competition lineup has been announced for the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival, and among the films are gay director François Ozon's latest, Eight Women (Huit Femmes), as well as Iris, Richard Eyre's biopic of bisexual author Iris Murdoch. Other directors competing include Constantin Costa-Gavras (Amen), Marc Forster (Monster's Ball), Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums), Lasse Hallstrom (The Shipping News), and Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away).